Editor Numbers

[David Roth weiss]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “28,100 Editors nationally in 2012, projected to be 28,300 by 2022 (less than 1% growth over 10 years).”

Had Apple simply moved forward with FCP 8 as most editors truly desired, the projections for 2022 would probably be much, much higher, perhaps as maybe even as high as 28,450 editors. 🙂

A few years back the Wall Street Journal classified Post-Production as one of America’s Top-10 Dying Businesses, so it’s no great wonder that it’s growth might be miniscule over the coming years. Right?

[Darren Roark]

Do those numbers deduct how many hours clients expect an editor nowadays to be a ‘colorist’, and an ‘audio sweetener’?

Those used to be completely separate jobs.

[Shane Ross]

that’s only feature film and TV editors. That number doesn’t take into account Corporate, news, wedding, specialty (realty), web…. VERY narrow list. It represents the 2% that is in features and broadcast.

Shane
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[Charlie Austin]

[Shane Ross] “It represents the 2% that is in features and broadcast.”

But Shane… that 2% is all that matters! 🙂

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[Neil Goodman]

i dont think those salaries are accurate at all either. $ 53,000 for an editor in L.A.?

come on now.

[Chris Harlan]

[Neil Goodman] “i dont think those salaries are accurate at all either. $ 53,000 for an editor in L.A.?

come on now.
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I know that’s the median, but they seem low to me too. Maybe, part-time freelance figures into it as well.

[Franz Bieberkopf]

[Shane Ross] “that’s only feature film and TV editors… It represents the 2% that is in features and broadcast.”

[Neil Goodman] “… i dont think those salaries are accurate at all either.”

[Chris Harlan] “… they seem low to me too.”

Edit: corrected per post below.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/film-and-video-editors-and-camera-operators.htm#tab-7

Franz.

[Bill Dewald]

This is info for that “other” kind of editor – the “print” kind.

Suprised growth and wages aren’t much lower, the interns and commenters do all the editing now in print.

[Franz Bieberkopf]

[Bill Dewald] ” This is info for that “other” kind of editor”

Bill,

Thanks, yes, true. Removed above.

First post still correct.

Franz.

[Brett Sherman]

It could also be a changing environment for job descriptions also. 10 years ago I would have called myself an editor. Today, not so much. I go with the over-arching term “Video Producer”. It’s the only thing I could come up with that encompasses everything I do.